Abhishek Banerjee asks if backing TMC in BJP-ruled Bengal invites death
Synopsis
Days after the TMC's rout in West Bengal, party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee is publicly asking whether backing his party in a BJP-ruled Bengal now means risking one's life — citing two alleged worker deaths and accusing the police, courts, and Centre of silence.
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday posed a pointed question to the nation: does supporting the Trinamool Congress in BJP-ruled West Bengal now invite violence, persecution, and death? The remarks came through a social media post in which Banerjee cited two alleged cases of post-poll killings of party workers, as the state grapples with a wave of reported political violence following the May 4 assembly election results.
The Deaths at the Centre of the Controversy
Banerjee named two TMC workers as victims of what he described as targeted post-poll violence. Somnath Bhattacharya from Saptagram in North 24 Parganas district and Tapan Sikdar from Chakdah in Nadia district were, according to him, brutally assaulted by goons reportedly backed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both men subsequently died from their injuries. Banerjee stated that the grieving families have raised what he called a
